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Note: AFN: BGF6-NW According to Little Compton Families, published by the Little Compton Hi st orical Society, the earliest settlers of th e Plymouth Colony, see ki ng to expand their boundaries, discovered a "garden spot" called Sogkon ne t, meaning "haunt of the black goose" in the language of the inhabit an ts , the Sogkonitte tribe of Indians. The land was later called Sakonn et u ntil 1682, when it was incorporated by Plymouth Colony and renamed Li tt le Compton. In 1747, the town, along with Barrington, Bristol, Cumberl an d, Tiverton, and Warren was ceded by Massachusetts to Rhode Island, a nd Li ttle Compton became an incorporated town of Rhode Island. These wil ls we re abstracted from the probate records of Taunton, Massachusetts, wh ere th ey are recorded up to 1747. Also included are all wills from the Li ttle Co mpton probate records from 1747 to 1875. These records were abstra ct ed by Little Compton resident Benjamin F. Wilbour in 1945 . He not es th at "All names of persons, relationships, places and dates are giv en and ma ny of the gifts are mentioned , but not all gifts are give n, as this is n ot a verbatum [ sic] copy." The original abstracts are ke pt in the R. Stan ton Avery Collections at NEHGS, call number Mss A 80 1. To locate addition al genealogy and local history resources , search o ur library catalog. <ht tp://www.nehgs.org/libraries/sydneyplus.asp>
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